The curtains fell on the 16th Conference of the Parties of UN Biodiversity (COP16) on Sunday without any formal closing. In a voice message, David Ainsworth, the Communications Director of the UNCBD, confirmed that the COP was suspended due to a lack of quorum in the plenary and would be resumed sometime later. However, before […]

What started as a broad attempt to allow women to live a more dignified life, an indigenous women’s organization, Masehual Siuamej Mosenyolchicauani, now aims to solve environmental and climate problems that others have created.

This study examines the impact of economic development in forestry on the indigenous people who have traditionally lived in and obtained their livelihood from the forest. It takes villages in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, as a case study.

Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape, a tradition that has benefits for biodiversity

An excavation on an island in the Coral Sea shows that Indigenous Australians were producing ceramics long before the arrival of Europeans

Here is a news report that absolutely dropped my jaw: the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) has released a report that debut romance author Colby Wilkens, whose bio says she is of Choctaw and Cherokee descent, has no Native ancestry.  The TAAF “is an intertribal anti-fraud non-profit whistleblower organization comprised of allies and citizens of Tribes whose sovereignty has been formally acknowledged.” Wilkens is the author of If I Stopped Haunting You, which released last week … Continue reading Tribal Alliance Against Frauds Says Colby Wilkens is Not Indigenous →

Palestinians and Israelis are two Indigenous peoples occupying the land that is being fought over.

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The eyesight of more than 32,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people would be saved if the Government invested just $227 million over 10 years, a new report has found.

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Nearly 200 countries convened in the city of Cali, aiming to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement

While the march, or hikoi, was sparked by the bill currently before parliament, organisers want the march to ignite a broader conversation about New Zealand's relationship to Maori, Eru Kapa Kingi said

Hundreds of farmers from different districts brought native varieties of paddy, pulses and vegetables and exchanged traditional knowledge

The value of the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants and local communities is recognised with this decision, says Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister and COP16 president

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"National Institute of Virology, Pune, has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of COVID-19," the minister said in one of a series of tweets. "This robust test will play a critical role in surveillance of proportion of population exposed to SARSCoV2 infection," he said.

A new program is giving bicycles to Indigenous youth who move to Winnipeg for school to help them get around the city as they pursue their studies.

1. India's research body partners with vaccine manufacturing company to develop indigenous vaccine for COVID-19  China.org.cn
2. India to develop ‘fully indigenous’ Covid vaccine as ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech  ThePrint
3. ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech to develop Covid-19 vaccine  Times of India
4. ICMR partners with Bharat Biotech to develop an indigenous coronavirus vaccine  Times Now
5. ICMR joins with Hyderabad firm to develop COVID-19 vaccine  Northeast Now
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OTTAWA - With reports of a sharp rise in violence against Indigenous women as COVID-19 restrictions keep families stuck in their homes, concerns are being raised about whether the pandemic could delay the promised June delivery of a national action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous

Canada must improve its COVID-19 data collection efforts for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities if it wants to better understand how the novel coronavirus is impacting Indigenous people across the country, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Saturday.

Indigenous peoples are the first inhabitants of their lands, but are often poorly served by the education systems in their countries. Why? Is it necessary to wait until issues such as poverty or appropriate legal recognition for Indigenous peoples are resolved?

This OECD project on Linking indigenous communities with regional development aims to develop policy recommendations for OECD and partner countries to improve economic outcomes for indigenous communities by better linking them with regional development efforts.

Work on vaccine development has been initiated between the two partners.

ICMR partners with BBIL for developing indigenous coronavirus vaccine

The new book Subsistence Economies of Indigenous North American Societies provides a comprehensive and in-depth documentation of how Native American societies met the challenges of […]

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Tribal leaders are among the thousands of protesters who are trying to keep the Obama administration from giving the green light to a new pipeline.

Efforts to replace Columbus Day gain momentum across the nation.

A Celebration Of - And Commitment to - Our Mother Earth, September 4-7, 2014 -- Spearfish, South Dakota

"Journey to the Heart of the World" has been praised by such luminaries as NYTimes bestselling author Marianne Williamson, National Geographic Explorer of the Millennium Wade Davis, and Executive Director of the Sierra Club, Michael Brune.

The Answer Company, a leading business management solution and technology consulting firm, built & donated the shoe boxes to I Love First Peoples' 2017 Shoebox Campaign.

Coronavirus vaccine: ICMR partners with BBIL to develop indigenous COVID-19 vaccine

The body has also raised serious concerns with the new Pesticide Management Bill, which heightens the criminalisation of business operations, as there are penalties of up to Rs 50 lakh with an imprisonment up to 5 years or both, without differentiating between minor or major offences.

Over the past decade, wood-energy use in Alaska has grown dramatically.

Gov. Roy Cooper declared Tuesday, May 5 a “Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.” The advocacy group Shatter the Silence reports that 31 native women have gone missing or been murdered in eastern North Carolina since 1998. The state tracked at least 90 cases of murdered or missing indigenous women in North Carolina since 1994. But advocates say the real numbers are likely much higher.

The Federal Government has announced a package of $17 million to support regional and Indigenous arts, and a sum of $10M to the charity Support Act to support people in the music industry. 

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde sits down with CBC's The House to talk about protests, blockades and how to save the Indigenous reconciliation project.

A group of young Indigenous Kimberley stockmen is following the American Dream competing on the professional bull riding circuit in the US.

For police officers and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the regional Queensland city of Bundaberg, boxing together is a way to move on from a legacy of negative interaction.

At first glance, the secluded camp looks like a lost city. Through the scrub are caravans, tents, vans and little dorms, where a group of kids are switching off technology and learning about Indigenous culture.

When Keennan Dickie contacted police for help after her rib was broken in a violent robbery, she was instead arrested and sent to jail for failing to pay traffic fines, a situation branded a "shame on WA".

While the release of Jody Gore has shone a spotlight on the ability of Aboriginal women to access justice, Australia is continuing to turn a blind eye to violence against Indigenous women, writes Hannah McGlade.

After more than a decade of hard work and lobbying, a south-west Victorian Indigenous site has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

For the past four years Broken Hill's Indigenous community has welcomed all new public school teachers to the area with a cultural induction they hope will improve education for all students.

Indigenous children are about 10 times more likely to be in foster care than non-Indigenous children, so how can they stay connected to culture and country?

Where aspiring artists often leave home to pursue a career in a big city, this group of young Indigenous artists from western NSW have made the choice to stay on country to make and sell their art.

A storybook that celebrates and shares experiences from the Goldfields, Esperance and Great Southern regions was launched on Tuesday.

The outgoing Mental Health Commissioner says the state's Indigenous population is over-represented in the suicide rate.

Indigenous dancers from three states gather on the banks of the Darling River to honour a waterway that's underpinned their cultures for millennia.